Firm may lose up to 33 jobs

Up to 33 jobs could go at a Telford consultancy firm after it lost a work contract.

A consultation period has begun at Higham Dunnett Shaw to see if other job vacancies are available within the group for affected workers.

The company, which has been in Grosvenor House in Central Park, for four years, provides "specialist consultancy and service delivery solutions" to the life and pensions industry.

Operations director Donald Grant said: "When we are consulting people about redundancies we give them a month's consultation to see if there are any other jobs coming up in the company."

He said some of those affected might choose to apply for other jobs within the group.

Mr Grant said: "Up to 33 could go over the next month. A lot of our work is project based. The project these people are working on is coming to an end."

He said the firm had held the contract for about three years, but was unsuccessful when it submitted a bid for the tender again.

Staff were told about the job threat yesterday. The firm employs 450 people nationwide, with about 60 at the Telford site.